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29 Cards in this Set
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Federalists |
one of the first political parties in America. They believed in strong, central government. |
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Manifest Destiny |
Belief that the US has a divine duty over North America |
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Monroe Doctrine |
a policy that stated no European nation should intervene with America's growth |
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Texas Revolution |
expatriate Americans rebelled in Texas and took the territory by force of arms. |
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Confederate States of America |
Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. They wanted to keep slavery, they seceded the US. They started the civil war |
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Jefferson Davis |
President of the Confederate US. |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
freeing of all slaves in the rebel states during the civil war. |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
a pivotal point in the war. The Union won. (Lincoln's team). |
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General Robert E. Lee |
confederate military leader. |
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Gettysburg Address |
talked about providing equality for all. |
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General Ulysses S. Grant |
General for the North. |
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Amendments 13, 14, 15 |
13, Free slaves, 14, allow black americans to gain citizenship, and 15, citizens of the US cannot be denied the right to vote based on their race
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Black codes |
restrictive laws regulating African Americans passes by the south. |
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Dred Scott v. Sanford |
Supreme Court decision declared that black men and women in the US could never become citizens |
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Frederick Douglas |
a former slave, the abolitionist. He wrote brilliant speeches |
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Free Soil Party |
antislavery party |
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Fugitive SLave Acts |
dealt with the treatment of escaped slaves |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
American abolitionist who authored Uncle Tom's Cabin. Which alerted readers to the struggles of slaves. |
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Harriet Tubman |
an escaped slave who rescued more than 70 slaves from slavery |
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John Brown |
He was hung for his involvement in a raid. He tried to end the practice of slavery |
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Spanish American War |
Left the US in control of several former Spanish territories such as: Puerto Rico and the Philippines. |
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Panama Canal |
Teddy Roosevelt. |
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World War 1 |
assassination of an Austrian President sent Europe into the war. 1914. The US entered the war 3 years later. |
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Women were allowed to vote when |
1920. Was included with the 19th Amendment. |
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prohibition |
alcoholic beverages were outlawed. |
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The Great Depression |
Franklin Roosevelt. Unemployment reached 25%. Incomes of those still employed, dropped as much as 50%. |
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The New Deal |
government program that put people back to work during the great depression. Price and wage regulations were put into place. Social security was enabled. Disability act, and medicare. |
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World War 2 |
We didn't want to get involved in the war, until we got bombed by the Japs at Pearl Harbor. The US joined the allies to stop Germany and Japan. |
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